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By Julia Black<p>Yep, it's even better than homemade pumpkin purée.<p>Thanksgiving is around the corner, and you've got pumpkin pie on the mind. Maybe you're thinking to yourself, "Is there really such a thing as <i>good</i> canned pumpkin? Is the best canned pumpkin better than a lovingly-crafted homemade …

Eighty percent of the calls the San Francisco Police Department receives are related to mental health, but the police are oftentimes not the best people to respond to those situations. That’s where non-profit startup Concrn comes in.<p>Concrn is a mobile app that enables people to help those …

The thing that makes you a "morning person" or a "night owl" isn't an arbitrary preference or tendency. It's something that's fundamentally part of your biological makeup — and something that we ignore at our own peril.<p>On Monday, Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael Young were awarded the …

A simple side of roasted potatoes seems like one of the easiest things to make, but it all depends on the technique. The appropriate seasonings and cook times can make all the difference between soggy, lackluster potatoes and crispy, second-helping-worthy ones. If you're in need of a little …

Canada has quietly brought in 22 people, with more to come, despite risks to Canada-Russia relations, John Ibbitson reports<p>For three months, the federal government has been secretly spiriting gay Chechen men from Russia to Canada, under a clandestine program unique in the world.<p>The evacuations, …

Law schools, which have been plagued by a shortfall of students in recent years, are changing their admissions requirements.<p>Two top-ranked schools — Georgetown University Law Center and Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law — this week joined Harvard Law’s recent move to make it simpler to …

In all likelihood, your current jumbled password is easy to crack.<p>The official government guidelines for creating an unhackable password were established in 2003 by a man named Bill Burr. In an 8-page guide, he decreed that passwords should be made from strange mixes of capital and lowercase …

Will Emma Stone win her second statuette? Will Angelina Jolie earn more directing acclaim? Will Call Me by Your Name keep up its post-Sundance success? Let the speculation begin.<p>As usual, the lineup for this year’s Toronto International Film Festival is stacked with a slew of Oscar hopefuls. There …

An<p>Airbnbhost who canceled a woman’s reservation because of her race has agreed to pay $5,000 in damages and take a course in Asian American studies, a state regulatory agency announced Thursday.<p>The host, Tami Barker, told the woman who reserved her Big Bear cabin for a ski vacation in February that …